Osbourne added: `I'm very happy to be there. Middlesbrough feels like a Premier League club, while I'm looking forward to working with Gordon Strachan.

`Before coming here, I first spoke to Martin O'Neill and Stilian Petrov about the gaffer and they both spoke highly of him.

`I'm here for two months and right now I'm looking no further than that but hopefully I will play a few games and can help the team.

`I played for Forest in the Championship last season so I know a little bit about what it's about. I know it's a lot quicker than the Premiership, that's for sure.'

Osbourne is expected to make his Boro debut in their visit to Crystal Palace this weekend.

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